My goal on this page is to highlight some of the really cool things that USM teachers and students are doing with participatory media software. Within the context of using these tools, our teachers and students are starting to have rich conversation about what it means to communicate effectively and responsibly in the 21st century. Our teachers and students started their work with wikis, blogs, podcasts, etc on a larger scale during the 2006-2007 school year. Work with these tools continues to grow and develop. Click the links to see what some of our students and teachers are up to!
Carol's Unit 8 "Turning Points" wiki-all 8th grade students during the 2006-2007 school year created a digital unit notebook in their US History class for their final unit of the year. This digital notebook was used to take notes/ organize thoughts, showcase a multimedia project, and post blog reflections. For a complete directory of student wikis from this project, visit Mr. Taft's Turning Points wiki and click the period number links at the bottom of the page.
2007-2008 5th Grade Student Virtual Tours of USM Podcasts
Other Middle School Teacher and Student Work Samples: